I'm a reasonable person cognizant of my surroundings and the impact of my actions on others. That having been said, I'm not a big fan of these zero tolerance rules... I think they are the laziest and most ill conceived solution to a "problem"

I'm not sure the rational behind so many of these rules... Someone was too loud so now sound is banned. This can apply to all these crazy laws and rules we have pervading society now. Instead of addressing the individuals responsible, the edge cases, we think it's easier to just make everyone the criminal and their actions illegal under any circumstance. Honestly, I'm bit sure what's gotten into people. We should each be allowed to,pursue our vision of happiness, especially in public places, as long as it is not an undue burden on anyone else.

Here's an example of how asinine these sound ordinances are... I camp in the off seasons fairly close to home, it's a very nice expensive luxury rv park... I know it's nit everyone's taste but it's 20min from home, it's good in April and November when the weather is unpredictable and it's very low effort because of the facilities and proximity to home... And we are still outdoors, in front of a fire, eating camping food and "roughing it" to a degree...

So, the site we usually get is a small, back in site on the main road in... Every camper passes our site on the way to theirs. It's okay for us in these situations cuz we people watch on these visits.... It's a large site. And I've played the game or listened to music many times at this site. I have walked to the very edge of the site to ensure the radio isn't heard, and if there are campers in the neighboring site I take care not to unduly disturb them too.

But, during the camper rush, I turn up the radio because I can't hear it over the diesel and Motorhomes engines parading past the site. Not a big deal to me or to them. And if it's really off season and I am the only one in that vector of the campground, again I'm not going to pay too much attention to going beyond the volume which can be heard beyond the specific boundaries of my site. It's not relevant in that context.

So the pervasiveness of these zero tolerance rules take discretion and suitability out if the equation which is lazy and stupid.

Other examples...
No more fishing in the pond, lake, river because a goose got caught on disposed monofilament.
No more bicycles in the campground because someone fell and got hurt
No more hiking on the hiking path because someone left litter

Now I'm the first one to say I'd rather camp without kids or dogs around me, but I'm not advocating a law against it. For the most part, an established campground is a public place and it's reasonable to expect that in public places, individuals don't get to make the rules on how the rest of society behaves. And I have to deal with the dog barking or the kid crying as they might have to deal with a few stray sounds from the radio.

When these natural behaviors reach a problem level, then by all means they should be addressed. But the solution is not to define all behavior as a problem.

For those campgrounds that have these insane rules, i guess they are catering to a specific market segment... As long as you're that segment I suppose you're happy...

It would be appropriate if that was a private business entitled to conduct themselves in that exclusionary way, I have problems with publicly funded parks that belong to the people making these catch-all rules which can meaningfully impact the individual pursuit of happiness.

Banning an amplified device is not only extremely lazy and exclusionary but the definition of smug ignorance. I'm disappointed that a public entity would take such an extreme position and treat all users of the tech as criminals in waiting. Bad form.

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If you're experiencing those rules at your prestigious campground and you're still going there and paying the exorbitant rates, you're part of the problem! Your money talks! It's saying "I approve the rules changes you've made! Here's my money!" Personally, if I wanted an HOA, I'd buy a timeshare in Florida.

Invite a dozen of your most obnoxious friends to your site to see who can drink the most alcohol and shout obscenities the loudest until 2 AM, and throw empty (and not so empty) beer cans at anyone who asks you to not be quite so loud. This happened at the campground we visited last weekend. I didn't witness the can throwing, only heard about it later. But we definitely heard the drunken shouting from the other side of the campground at least 300 yards away. If I can hear what you are yelling at that distance, you're too loud regardless of the time of day...

I like that rule. Why does everyone blaring music assume others want to hear their preferred genre? I have rarely walked in the campground and heard music so low that it could barely be heard. It's usually loud enough I can hear every bit of it. I think people that want to party should be the ones to go off in the middle of no where and let everyone else have some peace.

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We bring a small Bose speaker that we put on our table between our camp chairs and once set up, we walk the campsite to make SURE it cannot be heard out side the site. A little consideration goes a long way.

We bring a small Bose speaker that we put on our table between our camp chairs and once set up, we walk the campsite to make SURE it cannot be heard out side the site. A little consideration goes a long way.

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Our main use of music is to deaden the other noise in the campground. In extremely quiet CGs, I use it just loud enough to keep the neighbors' conversations private. When noise kicks up from plastic wheels rattling along the campground roadway, I'll crank the tunes and drown that out. If there is no noise to mask, the speakers stay stowed away. Or, if we have no neighbors, I just might crank it up a bit and enjoy it. There are absolutely no absolutes.

Invite a dozen of your most obnoxious friends to your site to see who can drink the most alcohol and shout obscenities the loudest until 2 AM, and throw empty (and not so empty) beer cans at anyone who asks you to not be quite so loud. This happened at the campground we visited last weekend. I didn't witness the can throwing, only heard about it later. But we definitely heard the drunken shouting from the other side of the campground at least 300 yards away. If I can hear what you are yelling at that distance, you're too loud regardless of the time of day...

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After they all pass out, grab a couple hundred feet of rope and walk it around the perimeter of their campsite, careful not to go around any trees, making a loop. Then tie both ends of the rope to the bumper of one of their vehicles.

I also get confused about this attitude toward kids. I hear people say things like this and then wonder "How were they were they were kids? Were they saintly, quiet little angels?" I suspect not. Too may adults tend to forget what is was like to be a kid. You must be respectful, obviously, but this world (especially campgrounds) would be far worse off without children.